SATURNA
| Yield : 86 % of Kaptah Vandel. Teneur en fécule : High. Grading : Proportion of large tubers: fairly low to medium. Susceptibility to diseases : Leaf blight : moderately susceptible. Tuber blight : slightly susceptible. Black wart : not attacked. Common scab : Virus X : resistant. Virus A : resistant. Virus Y : rather slightly susceptible. Leaf roll : fairly susceptible. Nematode RO 1-4 : resistant. Internal tuber defects : Slightly susceptible to rust spots and hollow heart, fairly susceptible to black spots. Susceptibility to desprouting : Very slightly susceptible. Dormancy period : Fairly long. Keeping quality : Fairly good. |
Morphological characteristics
Tuber : Cylindrical oval , half-sunken eyes, distributed over the whole surface of the tuber, violet skin, violet flesh.
Sprout : Purple, slight hairiness.
Plant : Tall, upright habit, entirely pigmented.
Stem : Thick, violet.
Leaf : Dark green, semi-glossy, little divided; purple petiole and veins.
Flowering : Moderately rare.
Flower : White, streaked with purple.
